# Provide Sweep: Solving the DHT Bottleneck for Self-Hosting IPFS at Scale

DevFeed: [Provide Sweep: Solving the DHT Bottleneck for Self-Hosting IPFS at Scale](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/provide-sweep-solving-the-dht-bottleneck-for-self-hosting-ipfs-at-scale-35644.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ipshipyard.com/blog/2025-dht-provide-sweep/>)

Author: guillaumemichel; Shipyard

Published: 2025-11-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipfs.md>)

Topics: [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ipfs.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>)

Tags: [boxo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/boxo.md>), [decentralized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decentralized.md>), [dht](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dht.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [dweb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dweb.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [helia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/helia.md>), [ipfs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipfs.md>), [kubo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubo.md>), [libp2p](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/libp2p.md>), [p2p](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/p2p.md>), [peer-to-peer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/peer-to-peer.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [rainbow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rainbow.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [self-hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosting.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [web3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web3.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Kubo v0.39's Provide Sweep becomes the default provider system for IPFS. By batching CIDs associated with the same DHT servers and systematically sweeping keyspace regions, it reports a 97% reduction in DHT lookups for a node providing 100,000 CIDs, alongside smart resume capabilities and memory optimizations.

## Source excerpt

Provide Sweep: Solving the DHT Bottleneck for Self-Hosting IPFS at Scale